Where to See Box Turtle in Mammoth Cave National Park

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Box Turtle sightings in Mammoth Cave

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Where Box Turtle has been reported, from 30 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none. Locations are adjusted to protect the animals, so the pattern is approximate.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM1% of the busiest hour1 AM1% of the busiest hour2 AM1% of the busiest hour3 AM1% of the busiest hour4 AM2% of the busiest hour5 AM4% of the busiest hour6 AM39% of the busiest hour7 AM78% of the busiest hour8 AM94% of the busiest hour9 AMBusiest hour10 AM89% of the busiest hour11 AM72% of the busiest hourNoon61% of the busiest hour1 PM56% of the busiest hour2 PM61% of the busiest hour3 PM72% of the busiest hour4 PM89% of the busiest hour5 PM94% of the busiest hour6 PM83% of the busiest hour7 PM56% of the busiest hour8 PM22% of the busiest hour9 PM6% of the busiest hour10 PM2% of the busiest hour11 PM1% of the busiest hour

Box Turtle is most seen 8–11 AM and 4–6 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Box Turtle sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	1%
1 AM	1%
2 AM	1%
3 AM	1%
4 AM	2%
5 AM	4%
6 AM	39%
7 AM	78%
8 AM	94%
9 AM	100%
10 AM	89%
11 AM	72%
Noon	61%
1 PM	56%
2 PM	61%
3 PM	72%
4 PM	89%
5 PM	94%
6 PM	83%
7 PM	56%
8 PM	22%
9 PM	6%
10 PM	2%
11 PM	1%

Audio tour

Hear about Box Turtle on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Mammoth Cave, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Mammoth Cave Tour Guide

A Shell That Shuts

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“An eastern box turtle can close its shell almost like a little box. The lower half has a hinge, letting the turtle pull in its head, legs, and tail, then draw the shell shut around them.”

Plays as you drive in Parkwolf’s Mammoth Cave Tour Guide.

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Mammoth Cave

All 16 sighting maps

228 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerOdocoileus virginianusMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

23 sightingsTricolored BatPerimyotis subflavusMost seen 8–10 PMSighting map

75 sightingsCave SalamanderEurycea lucifugaMost seen 8 AM & 4–8 PMSighting map

151 sightingsWild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoMost seen 7–9 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map

13 sightingsBarred OwlStrix variaMost seen 6–8 PMSighting map

40 sightingsSnapping TurtleChelydra serpentinaMost seen 9 AM–2 PMSighting map

11 sightingsTurkey VultureCathartes auraMost seen 11 AM–4 PMSighting map

31 sightingsGray RatsnakePantherophis spiloidesMost seen 7–10 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map

Where to see Box Turtle in Mammoth Cave